Tcl Tk for Programmers with Solved Exercises That Work with UNIX and Windows or Multimedia and Virtual Reality

Tcl/Tk for Programmers with Solved Exercises That Work with UNIX and Windows

Author: J Adrian Zimmer

Author's comment

Here's some help deciding if I wrote this book for you. I wrote for people who already know how to write computer programs and don't particularly want a treatment aimed at neophytes. For the most part, I introduce Tcl/Tk without introducing programming concepts. However, I do give introductory treatments to some topics that may not be universally understood among programmers. These are regular expressions, GUI programming, and TCP/IP client/server programming.

Imagine an elementary text, a comprehensive manual, and a collection of production quality scripts. My approach in writing Tcl/Tk for Programmers lies somewhere between these things.

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Multimedia and Virtual Reality: Designing Usable Multisensory User Interfaces

Author: Alistair Sutcliff

"This book is about the design of advanced user interfaces. Three themes are explored: First, a theory-based approach to user interface design that surveys the cognitive psychology background of human-computer interaction, and then introduces design models for applying psychological knowledge. These models expand on Norman's gulfs of interaction framework. The second theme is multimedia interface design: models, principles and a design process for multimedia presentation and dialogue. Cognitive psychology is woven into the design guidelines as a basis for attracting user's attention, matching media to the message and preventing information overloading. The multimedia section also reviews the aesthetics of design and extracts basic principles for designing attractive and engaging user interfaces." "The third theme, virtual reality, is introduced using the same approach whereby theory motivates the design method. Guidelines cover the design of user presence, social agents, virtual environments, and user support. Evaluation methods and techniques for multisensory interfaces form a separate chapter that introduces new variations on the heuristic evaluation theme while also describing additional methods containing more precise diagnostic guidance for evaluation." The final chapter surveys multisensory design issues in ubiquitous computing and anticipates the future development of interactive technology.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Background and Usability Concepts	1
2	Cognitive Psychology for Multimedia Information Processing	24
3	Models of Interaction	63
4	Multimedia User Interface Design	108
5	Designing Virtual Environments	160
6	Evaluating Multisensory User Interfaces	202
7	Applications, Architectures, and Advances	241
App. A	Multimedia Design Guidelines From ISO 14915, Part 3	269
	App. B: Generalized Design Properties	275
	References	295
	Author Index	307
	Subject Index	311
	About the Author	333